Bash: If line begins with >

bash, if-statement

Solution

Spaces are needed inside `[[ and ]]` as follows:

if [[ "$line" == ">"* ]]; then 
    echo "found"
else
    echo "not found"
fi

Problem

I want an `if`/`then` statement in Bash and I can't seem to get it to work. I would like to say "If the line begins with `>` character, then do this, else do something else". I have: ``` while IFS= read -r line do if [[$line == ">"*]] then echo $line'first' else echo $line'second' fi done ``` But it isn't working. I also tried to escape the ">" by saying: ``` if [[$line == ^\>*]] ``` Which didn't work either. Both ways I am getting this error: ``` line 27: [[>blah: command not found ``` Suggestions?

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